Improved sprinkling-pot



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Letters Patent No. 98,481, dated January 4, 1870.

i IMPRC'V'BD SPRINKLING-PQT.

'The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making past Of thesane To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, WARREN L..FIsH,.of Springfield, in the county ofHampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImproved Sprinkling-Pot; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,.and exact description thereof', reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters of retereneevmarked thereon, in which- Figure l is a verticalsection of my invention, showing a side view of the valvewith theoutlet, and

Figure 2 is a'rear viewof the valve with its outlet.

My invention relates to a device for watering plants, and is applicableto all purposes for which the common sprinklingpot is used, andisparticularly desirable to use in watering tobacco-plants, aftertransplanting them; and

I t consists oi a pot or vessel, of any desirable form and dimensions,in thev bottom of which is placed a valve, said valve being made to openand close the ,outlet of the pot, by means of a lever placed upon ahandle, or other convenient part of the pot, said lever being operatedby the hand or finger, and is connected by a rod to the valve.

That others skilled in the art may be able to make and use my invention,I will proceed to describe its construction and the mode of itsoperation.

In the drawings- A represents the pot or vessel, the lower end of whichis at c, and is strengthened by wire, or by any other suitable means.

At any convenient point above the rim c is inserted the bottom' a, whichshould be secured in the cylinder A, water-tight.

An aperture, o, is made in the piece a, and below this-orifice o, andconnecting with it,.is made a tube or conductor, l e, which, forconvenience in seeing just where the water runs ont, is brought throughthe side of the vessel, at its lower end.

The lower end of this tube or chamber-e is fitted with a cover, which isperforated at i t' i.

On the top of the piece (t, aud upon each side of the outlet-aperture o,are secured properly the two braces s s, 4connected at the top by thepieces t and t',

each of which is perforated, the rod 71. passing through, andoperatiugwithin the perforations made in said piecest and t.

A small disk, n, is attached to the lower end of the rod It, and torender the disk more effective as a valve, a small piece of someflexible substance, as leather or rubber, may be attached to the lowerside of the diskwt. i

A spiral spring, m, is placed upon the lower end of the rod h, betweenthe bar t and the disk u, and the said rod h may extend up tothe leverB, or it may be pivotefl to the rod h', as shown in the drawings.

I prefer the latter construction, as the, valve or disk n is then freeto `fit perfectly to its seat, by the pressure of' the water and thespring m above the disk.

- The handle D is attached .firmly to the top of the vessel, or to anyother convenient part of the same.

A small projection, t', upon the top of the handle, serves as a piece towhich to lpivot lthe level' B, said lever being pivoted or attached, atone end, to the upper end of the rod h', while the other end of saidleveris free to be operated by the thumb or finger.

A threaded hole is made through the lever B, into which is tted aset-screw, C. Having thus describedl the invention, I' will'now proceedto describe the mode of its operation.

The parts being together, as shown in the drawings, the vessel may belled, and by pressing the thumb or finger upon the end 'm' of the leverB, the rod h is elevated, the bars tand t serving as guides, to securethe rod in a propel' vertical position, and the disk or valve n israised from its seat, when the water immediately passes out oftheaperture o, chamber d, and tube e, and is separated into small jets orstreams, in passing through the orifices t zi, and the water. continuesto ow as long as the rod and disk n remain elevated by the pressure uponthe lever B, and by removing the pressure upon the lever, the spring m,its upper end'l impinging against the lower side of thebar t, forcesdown the disk In to it's seat, when the flow oi' water into andthrough'the tube (l is cut oit'.

The drawings show the tube d to be in the form of,y

achamber, with a short outlet-tube, e, attached, but the whole part (Z ocould be iu the form of a bent tubo, having a perforated end orcap, f.

It might be desirable to have the vessel in ulequitel large, and o'f asuitable form to be carried upon the back or shoulder, and have aflexible tube attached to the outlet e, so that a large amount ofwatermight be carried.

. lf the vessel be made sufficiently long, the pert'orated cap f will bequite near the ground, asv the vessel is carried in the hand, and inthis way all the water which flows through the outlet is applieddirectly to the plant, without any waste of water, which is not the casewith the watering-pots now in common use.

The rod h' might pass down outside the vessel, and the valve be arrangedin the tube d, and the lever B may be arranged, in various ways, tooperate as an equivalent to that shnwn, but'I prefer, for convenf ienceand simplicity, the arrangement shown in the drawings.

'lo make :L firmer scat for the valve, I attach n strengthening-piece,n", to the bottom of thc vessel, immediately around the outlet., so thatthe valve rests upon it, when pressed to its sent.

I :un aware that sprinkling-pots have heretofore been used, and I do notclaim the sanne, broadly; neither do I` claim a, valve, when consideredseparately; but, having described my invention,

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' 4 Asprinkling-pot, with a valve n o, spring my, chamber a', tube e f,having openings i, lever B, and rod h', :1.11 constructed andoperatingsubstantially as and for the purposes herein described and specified.

WARREN L. FISH.

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T. A. CURTIS, (LE. BUCKLAND.

